Enhanced control of self-doping in halide perovskites for improved thermoelectric performance

Tianjun Liu; Xiaoming Zhao; Jianwei Li; Zilu Liu; Fabiola Liscio; Silvia Milita; Bob C. Schroeder; Oliver Fenwick

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13773-3

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Enhanced control of self-doping in halide perovskites for improved thermoelectric performance

Tianjun Liu,
Xiaoming Zhao,
Jianwei Li,
Zilu Liu,
Fabiola Liscio,
Silvia Milita,
Bob C. Schroeder,
Oliver Fenwick

Affiliations

Tianjun Liu: School of Engineering and Material Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Xiaoming Zhao: The Organic Thermoelectrics Laboratory, Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Jianwei Li: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Zilu Liu: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Fabiola Liscio: Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (IMM)-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Silvia Milita: Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (IMM)-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Bob C. Schroeder: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Oliver Fenwick: School of Engineering and Material Sciences, Queen Mary University of London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13773-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Metal halide perovskites show excellent optoelectronic properties but the understanding on their thermoelectric properties has been limited. Here Liu et al. develop a strategy for controlled doping and achieve a high figure of merit ZT value of 0.14 via careful composition engineering.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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